By Megan Delisle I never imagined fellowship interviews unfolding as they did this season. As efforts to “flatten the curve” escalated, emails regarding intentions to conduct all interviews virtu...
By Danielle Walsh Written June 1, 2020 Dear Colleagues, Unprecedented times. It's been said so often that the phrase starts to ring hollow, but there aren’t better words. Across our nation and ...
By Chantal Reyna A year ago, when I thought about technology in my career and medicine, the first thing I thought about was the electronic medical record: EPIC/Cerner/etc. Not all of these thoughts w...
By Jennifer M. Weiss We are a few weeks into our pandemic lifestyle. Physicians have been on the front line of this pandemic crisis. I am in a unique role as an orthopaedic surgeon. At the beginn...
By Dr. Rocío Carrera In México, the Health Department has reported over 65,000 cases and more than 7,000 deaths (as of May 24th). and 111 of these deaths have been healthcare workers. It is known t...
By Camila R. Guetter During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical students are facing many changes in their education and schedules. Lectures turning into a virtual format, cancellation of clinical rotation...
By Nancy Lopez As a fourth-year medical student, I am anxiously awaiting the third Friday of March: Match Day. Match Day is an iconic moment for medical students in which the last decade of both succ...
by Jane Zhao, MD, MS Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about the benefits of informatics to surgeons. Shortly afterward, David Schneider wrote a similar article on the AAS blog describing clinical...
By Stephanie Bonne On a busy day in the ICU, I was back and forth between meetings, notes and patients, when my phone buzzed a couple times with twitter notifications. Something seemed to be up. I st...
By Jane Zhao It has been FIVE years since we launched the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS): Inspiring & Encouraging Women Surgeons Blog. AWS launched the blog during a time when there were Z...